- BIS starts work on new standards for printing ink; Toluene ban likely Ashwani Maindola, New Delhi The Bureau Of Indian Standards (BIS) has started working on new standards for printing ink used for packaging food products. It is likely to ban the use of toluene for the purpose of printing for packaged food, which, in effect, will force the companies to change their packaged material to comply with new norms.

- Agri minister calls for measures to up maize production & productivity Our Bureau, New DelhiA package of measures was needed to boost maize production and productivity and realise its potential as the future cereal crop. This was stated by Radha Mohan Singh, minister of agriculture and farmers’ welfare, Government of India, at the fifth essay of India Maize Summit, organised in New Delhi by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).